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and my girlfriend, you know. >> rose: roll tape. >> si have to thanks, i have to-- say john lithgow and james earl jones, and frank langella and my favorite act never the world philip see more hoffman, to be on a list with you was enough and holding this, i honestly it just reminded me that there is no such thing as best, honestly i am overwhelmed. hytner and richard bean and mcchrystal, our brilliant cast, tomorrow and oly and jemima and danny and claire and susie and everyone, i share this with them completely, producer who took a huge risk bringing this ridiculously silly play to your city. your city, the audiences here who have embraced our show like we never ever imagined they could. every night is a joy. my girlfriend who-- i'm so sorry this is ridiculous-- it is good it's not hot in here, isn't it. (applause) my girlfriend julia gave birth to our son like five days before we started rehearsals. and she's my baby momma and i can't wait to marry her and-- (applause) i would not be holding this if it wasn't for her. she make me say us instead of i and we instead of me. and i love he
and my girlfriend, you know. >> rose: roll tape. >> si have to thanks, i have to-- say john lithgow and james earl jones, and frank langella and my favorite act never the world philip see more hoffman, to be on a list with you was enough and holding this, i honestly it just reminded me that there is no such thing as best, honestly i am overwhelmed. hytner and richard bean and mcchrystal, our brilliant cast, tomorrow and oly and jemima and danny and claire and susie and everyone, i...
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lithgow, and so because of that, he ds, yo you know, a few ethically questionable things and it is sort of like a surgeon who is operating on a family member, you ow, becomes a little too emotionally involved, but overall, you know, he is a noble guy looking for a cure to a disease, and then things get out of hand. >> rose: and how did it go from thinking about his father and developing the drug so that it delivers extraordinary intelligence to -- i mean a couple of things -- i mean a couple of things go wrong, he starts bringing the drugs home, un-- experimental drugs home and testing on his father. i mean that is a huge plopoint but, you know, probably shldn't do that kind of thing, anthen there are people that, you know, start hearing about this drug and seeing dollar signs and so they start doing some things they shouldn't and things go a little wrong but that is part of the story. it is one of those things for me i hate films which, or stories that always say careful what you wish for or don't open that box there or medicine is wrong because we know that is not the case. our civili
lithgow, and so because of that, he ds, yo you know, a few ethically questionable things and it is sort of like a surgeon who is operating on a family member, you ow, becomes a little too emotionally involved, but overall, you know, he is a noble guy looking for a cure to a disease, and then things get out of hand. >> rose: and how did it go from thinking about his father and developing the drug so that it delivers extraordinary intelligence to -- i mean a couple of things -- i mean a...
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and john lithgow-- is debbie's father. >> who started another family after-- abandoning us. es a he a little more focused on the new family. >> rose: roll tape, look at this. >> you need to get outside more, do some playing outside. >> yeah. you can build things-- you could build a fort outside. >> what? >> yeah, build a fort. play with your friends and -- >> make a fort, outside? and do what? >> have little-- . >> rose: do what in the fort. >> when i was a kid we used to build tree houses and play about sticks. >> nobody plays with sticks. >> you and charlotte can have a lemonade stand. >> play kick the can. >> look for dead bodies withness that's fun to do. >> get a tire and take a stick and run with it. >> nobody does that crap, it's 2012. >> you don't need technology. >> no technology. >> put that down. >> continuing with "the new york times" piece which i found interesting, spread across the playing field all of the components of most of apatow's life, aspiration, obsession, anxieties, trusted collaborators artistic heroes and even his relatives. as a result when univer
and john lithgow-- is debbie's father. >> who started another family after-- abandoning us. es a he a little more focused on the new family. >> rose: roll tape, look at this. >> you need to get outside more, do some playing outside. >> yeah. you can build things-- you could build a fort outside. >> what? >> yeah, build a fort. play with your friends and -- >> make a fort, outside? and do what? >> have little-- . >> rose: do what in the fort....
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how does the great john lythgoe and the great play, king lear -- john lithgow and king lear come together? >> i have been nagging oscar eustis to consider me for it. the first i mentioned it to him was probably long before i should have played it, but now i think i have just entered that interesting window of opportunity when you are young enough to play it because you still have the strength but old enough because you can bring authenticity, an old man losing his viability. >> you kept a diary of preparation. how did it start? >> well, sure i have lived a long 68-year-old life so i did age. that was my first preparation. i began working hard on it in march. i stopped shaving. this is a real beard, charlie. i hired a ucla grad student to sit with me and cue me on words. it went extremely fast. i knew it to better her even realized. i have seen it so many times in my life. i've played roles in college, but i figured it's going to be such a demanding part. the rehearsal period is going to be so tough, the last thing i want to do was go home and study words in the night so i learned it compl
how does the great john lythgoe and the great play, king lear -- john lithgow and king lear come together? >> i have been nagging oscar eustis to consider me for it. the first i mentioned it to him was probably long before i should have played it, but now i think i have just entered that interesting window of opportunity when you are young enough to play it because you still have the strength but old enough because you can bring authenticity, an old man losing his viability. >> you...
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. >>> new film starring selma hyatt and john lithgow. they meet at a dinner party. and quickly following a debate over a range of today's hot button topics >> it's the story of a dinner. a dinner for six very wealthy people and there's a seventh guest and that's salma. who is a mexican immigrant, immigrated to the state. and in the course of this film, selma's character and mine kind of become antagonist while the others kind of look on. >> do you think it's funny? i believe it's sick. >>> it goes from being very rye and comic to becoming complex, it goes from becoming a comedy of manners to a film of much larger things >> and takes place over the course of a dinner >> one costume for each of us. brilliantly written. the two of them work together often. they presented it to salma as nothing but an idea, she said yes and here we are. >>> why did you say yes >> i said what do i play and then he said nothing else. nothing. he would not tell me. and he hadn't written anything. it was just a an idea he gave me the script. what prompted the idea was a the dentist that kil
. >>> new film starring selma hyatt and john lithgow. they meet at a dinner party. and quickly following a debate over a range of today's hot button topics >> it's the story of a dinner. a dinner for six very wealthy people and there's a seventh guest and that's salma. who is a mexican immigrant, immigrated to the state. and in the course of this film, selma's character and mine kind of become antagonist while the others kind of look on. >> do you think it's funny? i...
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lithgow about a new series about queen elizabeth 2 on netflix. called the crown. weapon's gots history, loyalty, death, matureation, we've got. >> do you know how close i feel, i feel imam skating all the time to complete par oddsy and cat as fee. when are you dealing with people like, this the tone, the minute you veer too much to the right, it becomes a hatcheted job, to much to the left it becomes a photo shop. such resistance that these people are three dimensional human beings, and it feels almost like treachery, free son to be writing about them as human beings. >> i think so. >> for example n a marriage, the idea that there would be-- the idea that there would be mat ri monday yal scwawb els, because you have to be careful when you write that because you don't want it to appear, you don't want to look too much. the minute the show bucks pur yent t becomes ugly, the minute it becomes sensational, it becomes ugly. so although i do have fantastic ingredients, have i to be really careful, very, very careful. funding for charl krea rose is p >>
lithgow about a new series about queen elizabeth 2 on netflix. called the crown. weapon's gots history, loyalty, death, matureation, we've got. >> do you know how close i feel, i feel imam skating all the time to complete par oddsy and cat as fee. when are you dealing with people like, this the tone, the minute you veer too much to the right, it becomes a hatcheted job, to much to the left it becomes a photo shop. such resistance that these people are three dimensional human beings, and...
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and matt smith who plays prince philip and john lit-- lithgow who plays winston churchill. >> i think she says that she has grown into the role, she never had an apprenticeship or anyone to guide her aside from churn il, really. >> even though he didn't have a close relationship with elizabeth before, his audience is with her, which is why the scenes are so charged and wonderful. he's enormously protective, kind of, avu nku lar. he regards himself as her mentor. >> that is what makings is too interesting, is the conflict, particularly for philip, from d in the relationship. homecant and then his, i don't know, his sort of love for her and his desire, i think, to sort of be man of the house. >> rose: a look at the economic debate in the campaign and a new netflix series about queen elizabeth 2-7bd when we continue. >> funding for charl c.e.o. rose is provided by the >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> larry kudlow is here, is he cnbc
and matt smith who plays prince philip and john lit-- lithgow who plays winston churchill. >> i think she says that she has grown into the role, she never had an apprenticeship or anyone to guide her aside from churn il, really. >> even though he didn't have a close relationship with elizabeth before, his audience is with her, which is why the scenes are so charged and wonderful. he's enormously protective, kind of, avu nku lar. he regards himself as her mentor. >> that is...
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. ♪ charlie: john lithgow is here. he has won emmys and tony awards on stage, twice oscar-nominated for his work in film. he is playing one of the most demanding and challenging parts ever written for the stage. obviously you know i am talking about king lear. this is a shakespeare in the park production at delacorte theater in new york central park through august 17. i am very pleased to have john lithgow on this program. john: great to be here, charlie. charlie: how does john lithgow and king lear come here together? john: the plate is much greater than i am. i have been nagging someone to consider me for it. probably, the first i mentioned it to him is probably long before i should have played it. but now i think i have just entered that interesting window of opportunity for lear, when your young enough to play it when you still have the strength but old enough to play it because you can bring authenticity to an old man losing his viability. i know it better than i even realized. i have seen it so many times in my l
. ♪ charlie: john lithgow is here. he has won emmys and tony awards on stage, twice oscar-nominated for his work in film. he is playing one of the most demanding and challenging parts ever written for the stage. obviously you know i am talking about king lear. this is a shakespeare in the park production at delacorte theater in new york central park through august 17. i am very pleased to have john lithgow on this program. john: great to be here, charlie. charlie: how does john lithgow and...
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i am very pleased to have john lithgow on this program to talk about lear and much more. thank you for coming. >> great to be here, charlie. >> rose: how does the great john lithgow and 9 great play king lear come together in new york. >> well, the play is much greater than i am. i have been nagging oscar use 'tis for years and years to at least consider me for it. probably, the first i mentioned it to him was probably long before i should have played it. but now i think i've just entered that interesting window of opportunity for lear, when you're young enough to play it because you still have got the strength, but you're old enough to play it because you can bring a little bit of authenticity, an old man losing his viability. >> rose: you did an amazing thing, which is you kept a diary of preparation. how did the preparation start? >> well, i-- . >> rose: did it start a long time ago. >> for me it started, well, sure, i've lived a long 68-year-old life. so i did age. that was my first preparation. but i began working hard on it in march. i stopped shaving, of course. th
i am very pleased to have john lithgow on this program to talk about lear and much more. thank you for coming. >> great to be here, charlie. >> rose: how does the great john lithgow and 9 great play king lear come together in new york. >> well, the play is much greater than i am. i have been nagging oscar use 'tis for years and years to at least consider me for it. probably, the first i mentioned it to him was probably long before i should have played it. but now i think i've...
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i am very pleased to have john lithgow on this program. john: great to be here, charlie. kingie: how does john and lear come here together? john: the plate is much greater than i am. i have been nagging someone to consider me for it. probably, the first i mentioned it to him is probably long before i should have played it. but now i think i have just entered that interesting window of opportunity for lear, when your young enough to play it when you still have the strength but old enough to play it because you can bring authenticity to an old man losing his viability. i know it better than i even realized. i have seen it so many times in my life. i played it in college. be i figured it is going to such a demanding part. the rehearsal period is going so tough. the last thing i want to do is to go home and study words at night. so i learned it completely cold on the first day of reversal. the first time i have ever done that. sure enough, i mean, it was a process of stamina building, rehearsing it. charlie: talk about learning. you had a ucla student coming in, he would you
i am very pleased to have john lithgow on this program. john: great to be here, charlie. kingie: how does john and lear come here together? john: the plate is much greater than i am. i have been nagging someone to consider me for it. probably, the first i mentioned it to him is probably long before i should have played it. but now i think i have just entered that interesting window of opportunity for lear, when your young enough to play it when you still have the strength but old enough to play...
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joining us as the creator and director, stephen daldry, claire foy, matt smith, and john lithgow. i'm pleased to have all of them at this table. this looks fun, and interesting. how did it come about? >> the genesis is a long one. charlie: we know the history this is drawn from. stephen: in my own life i wrote about religion between tony blair and gordon brown. -- the relationship between tony blair and gordon brown. the producers enjoyed it and said, could you do want about the queen? i tried writing the queen and it was deathly dull. it was awful. then i added tony blair to it. something in the alchemy of prime minister and queen, of elected and as it were, constitutional head of state, that is something that worked for me. or i can find my way into. and that then became the audience. or it became "the queen" the movie. and then the play. i was so captivated between writing scenes between churchill and the young queen. charlie: every prime minister talks to the queen. stephen: it is a confessional. we we saw that on broadway. thank you very much. [laughter] charlie: you got to h
joining us as the creator and director, stephen daldry, claire foy, matt smith, and john lithgow. i'm pleased to have all of them at this table. this looks fun, and interesting. how did it come about? >> the genesis is a long one. charlie: we know the history this is drawn from. stephen: in my own life i wrote about religion between tony blair and gordon brown. -- the relationship between tony blair and gordon brown. the producers enjoyed it and said, could you do want about the queen? i...
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>> yes, and i think john lithgow was probably the right age. imagine being close to 80 and still being able to memorize all that and create that kind of sense of rage. he is sort of hamlet's heir and here's someone who looks at the world finally with clear eyes and goes, i didn't sign up for this. >> charlie: what we should see in new york on broadway? >> "between riverside and crazy" at the atlantic theater company, it's the best play about lying and how lying is an essential part of our lives that i've ever seen. it's terrific. so that i recommend. stars stephen mckinley henderson which is a stable of williams productions. beautiful in this. >> charlie: thank you. thank you so much. >> charlie: ben brantley, theater critic for the "new york times" on hamlet. back in a minute. stay with us. >> charlie: "the giver" first published in 1993 by lois lowry, follows a boy as he learns the truth about the world he lives in. sold over 11 million copies worldwide. in 1994 won the newberry medal, also been at the top of the american lobbyist association
>> yes, and i think john lithgow was probably the right age. imagine being close to 80 and still being able to memorize all that and create that kind of sense of rage. he is sort of hamlet's heir and here's someone who looks at the world finally with clear eyes and goes, i didn't sign up for this. >> charlie: what we should see in new york on broadway? >> "between riverside and crazy" at the atlantic theater company, it's the best play about lying and how lying is an...
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greater,is as a claire foy,y, matt smith, and john lithgow. this looks interesting. how did this come about? charlie: you know what this is drawn from. in my own life i wrote about religion between tony blair and gordon brown. -- the relationship between tony blair and gordon brown. the producers enjoyed it and said, could you do want about the queen? it was dull. it was awful. i added tony blair to it. something in the alchemy of prime minister and queen, of were,d and as it constitutional head of state, that is something that worked for me. and that then became the audience. the movie and then the play. i was so captivated between writing scenes between churchill and the young queen. charlie: every prime minister talks to the queen. stephen: it is a confessional. we we saw that on broadway. thank you very much. [laughter] charlie: you got to have the best director you can find. [laughter] >> that is debatable. >> bottom of the pile. charlie: here, me! >> begging, on his knees. [laughter] >> we have known each other because the community in london is small. we all k
greater,is as a claire foy,y, matt smith, and john lithgow. this looks interesting. how did this come about? charlie: you know what this is drawn from. in my own life i wrote about religion between tony blair and gordon brown. -- the relationship between tony blair and gordon brown. the producers enjoyed it and said, could you do want about the queen? it was dull. it was awful. i added tony blair to it. something in the alchemy of prime minister and queen, of were,d and as it constitutional...
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there's john lithgow and garry auldman did, too, as well. >> rose: in terms of trying to capture him beyond whatever physical thing you had to do, what is it about him? the voice is clear. >> the voice, the child, like, quality. >> rose: how do you do that, though? >> you do it because of the physical image. also like -- this is absolutely true -- i was really thinking about churchill and i knew there was something in the child. i live here. my american children, they love "family guy." >> rose: sure. huge fans of seth mcfarland. so i'm sitting and watching "family guy" with my kids one night and there on the screen is the baby winston churchill, stewy griffin. and here's this cantankerous off-the-wall youth who is very brilliant, can only communicate with his dog, his parents do not understand him, and this was winston's problem a lot of time, he was so ahead of everybody, they didn't catch up with him, which gave him his incredible temperament, and the other thing that fed into that was his drinking. >> rose: how much dud he drink? >> he drank a an amazing amountf alcohol. he would
there's john lithgow and garry auldman did, too, as well. >> rose: in terms of trying to capture him beyond whatever physical thing you had to do, what is it about him? the voice is clear. >> the voice, the child, like, quality. >> rose: how do you do that, though? >> you do it because of the physical image. also like -- this is absolutely true -- i was really thinking about churchill and i knew there was something in the child. i live here. my american children, they...
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be trifs is introduced to dug strut a real estate developer played by john lithgow. the two quickly spar over many issues including immigration, cantism and the environment. the film is called the first dramatic comedy that sits an explicit al gory at the age of trump. here's the trailer. >> this is my dear friend beatriz. >> hi. >> beatriz is a healer. this woman is a saint. it's like birds fly on it of the skyeand land on her shoulder. >> can i get another bourbon. >> no this is beatriz, she's staying for dinner. >> you were hovering, i just figured you were part of staff. >> do i know you. >> we've been on the news. >> i think i know you. >> ever dance in vegas. >> thank you for having us at your stunning home. i couldn't be more pleased at how smoothly this whole process has gone. alex if any of those efforts were illegal, i do not know you nor was i or tonight. >> nor i. >> it was my house. >> thank you for having me. when i first came to the united states a long time ago -- >> did you come legally? >> yes. >> tenderloin was amazing. >> so was the fish, so butte
be trifs is introduced to dug strut a real estate developer played by john lithgow. the two quickly spar over many issues including immigration, cantism and the environment. the film is called the first dramatic comedy that sits an explicit al gory at the age of trump. here's the trailer. >> this is my dear friend beatriz. >> hi. >> beatriz is a healer. this woman is a saint. it's like birds fly on it of the skyeand land on her shoulder. >> can i get another bourbon....
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john: i just have to complement salma, for such a fantastic and bold performance. it's completely unlike her and yet so like her. charlie: you got great reviews too. i'll do it. this is a quote -- lithgow frees him, a titan who can afford to be polite because he knows he will crush you anyway. this actor understands power from the inside, does not just acted -- act it. he choose it and savers it. you said, my dear, i think the one thing about this film, it promotes conversation between the two americas because i want to understand how people think they are very different than we think. salma: for me, the most scary part about the situation we're in, personally, real life, the america we're in, is my own inability to completely make sense of a part of america that is considerable in size. and i don't quite understand the logical mentality very well. and this is scary to me, that i don't understand. charlie: what don't you understand? the politics? the class distinctions? salma: i don't understand the philosophy. and it represents in many ways. for example, we didn't
john: i just have to complement salma, for such a fantastic and bold performance. it's completely unlike her and yet so like her. charlie: you got great reviews too. i'll do it. this is a quote -- lithgow frees him, a titan who can afford to be polite because he knows he will crush you anyway. this actor understands power from the inside, does not just acted -- act it. he choose it and savers it. you said, my dear, i think the one thing about this film, it promotes conversation between the two...
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. >> i think john lithgow was probably the right age. it is probably imagined. being close to 80 and still being able to memorize all that ,nd create that sense of rage he is sort of hamlet's heir. here is someone who looks at the world with clear eyes for the first time and says, i did not sign up for this. in new york, the play that is fabulous is by stephen alli atley gerkins. it is called "sweet riverside and crazy." lyingthe best play about and how it is an essential part of our lives. it is terrific. it stars stephen mckinley henderson, a staple of all of his productions. it is beautiful. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. back in a moment. stay with us. novel firstr" is a published in 1993. it follows a boy as he learns the truth about the world he lives in. the book has sold over 11 million copies worldwide. in 1994, it won the newberry medal, the most is tedious prize for literature in the united states. it has also been on the top of the american library ned andtion's list of ban challenged books. it is now a movie. here is the trailer. >> from great
. >> i think john lithgow was probably the right age. it is probably imagined. being close to 80 and still being able to memorize all that ,nd create that sense of rage he is sort of hamlet's heir. here is someone who looks at the world with clear eyes for the first time and says, i did not sign up for this. in new york, the play that is fabulous is by stephen alli atley gerkins. it is called "sweet riverside and crazy." lyingthe best play about and how it is an essential part...